After CCTV footage of Shelke’s daring rescue went viral, he has become a man in great demand. He has been getting hundreds of phone calls and invitations from people and organisations eager to felicitate him. Among those who have called to congratulate him are Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
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It’s 2.30 pm on Thursday and Mayur Sakharam Shelke has only had a fruit for breakfast. The 30-year-old hasn’t had a chance to open the tiffin box that his mother has been packing for him. “People offer me snacks and food wherever I go but I just don’t have time as there are so many engagements in a day,” he tells Mumbai Mirror over the phone while confirming a late evening meeting at his house that day in Talawade, near Neral railway station.
(For those who came in late, Shelke risked his life to rescue six-year-old Sahil Shirsat who had fallen on the tracks at Vangani railway station; the Udayan Express was speeding towards Mumbai from